When I was upgrading my video card from a GeForce 2 Ultra to a Radeon 9600XT, I thought it'd be a good idea to document what I did for the novice upgrader. It covers the steps to making an educated buying decision and trouble-free installation with minimal technical knowledge.

I did this guide back in the day when people were still trying to overclock and tweak every little bit of performance out of their systems. I did a helluva lot of tests and benchmarks with every tweak I could muster for my Abit VT6X4; and when I came across a huge memory tweak, I had to write it up in this article. Later, video card tweaks were also added. Any user of a VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset may find this guide useful.